What Do Appraisers Look For?

[Mike Ojo]

I'm getting ready to do a refi on a Single family property. The house was bought as a 2 bed 1 bath. I've since added a 3rd bedroom and 2nd bath.

My question is with staging. What will the appraiser look for? for example, the 3rd bedroom is currently setup as a office/game room. Do we need to change the setup back to a proper bedroom setting? is that more presentable and adds value or not?

Also doing some fresh landscaping this week. Will that add some value as well?

Please advise. Thank you.